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The Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War

The Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War. US HISTORY EOC REVIEW.

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The Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny and the Mexican War

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  1. The Monroe Doctrine Manifest Destiny and theMexican War US HISTORYEOC REVIEW

  2. Explain how the Monroe Doctrine and the concept of Manifest Destiny affected the United States’ relationships with foreign powers, including the role of the United States in the Texan Revolution and the Mexican War. USHC 2.2

  3. The Monroe Doctrine

  4. Revolutions in Latin America

  5. Europewants colonies back

  6. The Monroe Doctrine “The American continents… are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. . .”

  7. EUROPE: NO NEW COLONIES

  8. You don’t have an army. LIMITED IMPACT

  9. The Legacy: US intervention in Latin America

  10. John Gast, American Progress, 1872

  11. Manifest Destiny man⋅i⋅fest(adj) evident; obvious; apparent; plain des⋅ti⋅ny(n) predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.

  12. Manifest Destiny “Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe… possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation…” -- Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address March 4, 1801 Jefferson

  13. Manifest Destiny “I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy with his providence, and our riper years with his wisdom and power…” -- Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1805 Jefferson

  14. WESTWARDEXPANSION: A God-given Right John Gast, American Progress, 1872

  15. Texas War for Independence 1835-1836 The Alamo (1836) San Jacinto (1836) Outnumbered Texans defeatedPrisoners executed DECISIVE Texas Victory“Remember the Alamo!”

  16. The “Lone Star” Republic

  17. Annexation of Texas 1837 – Texas petitions the U.S. for annexation United States: NO! TWO REASONS: The Balance of Power Border Dispute

  18. Border Dispute The Republic of Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its border with Mexico.The government of Mexico didn’t recognize this border. Annexation = War with Mexico?

  19. A Delicate Balance Expansion = Internal Strife

  20. Meanwhile… John Gast, American Progress, 1872

  21. 1844 Presidential Election Main Issue: Westward Expansion vs. James K. Polk Democrat Henry Clay Whig PRO-EXPANSION ANTI-EXPANSION Political Cartoon

  22. POLK WINS

  23. ANNEXED 1845 by a joint resolution of Congress

  24. The Mexican War

  25. Manifest Destiny John Gast, American Progress, 1872

  26. Almost There... Oregon Treaty Louisiana Purchase Texas Annexation

  27. WAR!!!

  28. Gen. Scott’s Campaign

  29. Occupation of Mexico City BIG WIN Painting by Carl Nebel

  30. Mexican Cession 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  31. A Continuing Controversy...

  32. Oregon Treaty 1846 U.S. compromises with Britain on Oregon border 54°40’ (or fight) 49° (Britain Calls Bluff) Map by Kmusser

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